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Traces of Life interpreted through Korean Poetry

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• About the Speaker: 2012-11-09 18:30:00
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• Event Link: <p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Dr. David McCann</b><span style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;is the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and former director of the Korea Institute at Harvard University. He is the recipient of numerous prizes, grants, and fellowships, including the Order of Cultural Merit award (2006), one of the highest decorations by the Korean government, and the Manhae Prize in Arts and Sciences (2004). His books include&nbsp;</span><em style="text-align: justify;">Urban Temple</em><span style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;(Bo-Leaf Press, 2012), Azaleas (Columbia University Press, 2007),&nbsp;</span><em style="text-align: justify;">Enough to Say It’s Far</em><span style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;(Princeton University Press, Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation, 2006),&nbsp;</span><em style="text-align: justify;">Traveler Maps: Poems by Ko Un</em><span style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;(Tamal Vista Press, 2004),&nbsp;</span><em style="text-align: justify;">The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry</em><span style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;(2004),&nbsp;</span><em style="text-align: justify;">Early Korean Literature: Selections and Introductions&nbsp;</em><span style="text-align: justify;">(2001), and several co-edited volumes, including&nbsp;</span><em style="text-align: justify;">War and Democracy: A Comparative Study of the Korean War and the Peloponnesian War</em><span style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;(2001) and&nbsp;</span><em style="text-align: justify;">The Classical Moment: Views from Seven Literatures</em><span style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;(1999). Not only a renowned translator of major Korean poets but also a recognized poet, he has published his own poems in such distinguished journals as&nbsp;</span><em style="text-align: justify;">Poetry, Ploughshares, Descant</em><span style="text-align: justify;">, and&nbsp;</span><em style="text-align: justify;">Runes</em><span style="text-align: justify;">. His poem “David” was included in the Pushcart Prize Anthology III. His new book of poems, The Way I Wait For You, was released by Codhill Press in 2007.&nbsp;</span><br style="text-align: justify;" /><br style="text-align: justify;" /><b style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Mark Peterson</b><span style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;is head of the Korean Section, Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University. Prior to his appointment at BYU in 1984, he was the director of the Fulbright program in Korea from 1978 to 1983. He is a member of the Association for Asian Studies, where he is the chair of the Korean Studies Committee, as well as the Royal Asiatic Society, the International Association for Korean Language Education, the International Korean Literature Association, and the American Association of Korean Teachers. He received a B.A. in Asian Studies and Anthropology from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilization from Harvard University.</span></p>
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Asia Week 2012 Gallery Talk with Artist Park Jihyun

• About the Speaker Title: Asia Week 2012 Gallery Talk with Artist Park Jihyun
• About the Speaker: 2012-03-22
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• Event Link: <p><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify; background-color: #f5f5f5;">Born in South Korea,&nbsp;</span><b style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify; background-color: #f5f5f5;">Park Jihyun</b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify; background-color: #f5f5f5;">&nbsp;received two MFA degrees from the School of Visual Arts in New York and Hong-Ik University in Korea. Park’s work has been exhibited both U.S and Korea including the Queens Museum of Art, Asian Art Initiative, Art in General, and the Islip Art Museum and Gana Art Gallery. He received a fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Aljira Emerge 2003 Fellowship from the Professional Development Fellowship Program for Emerging Artists, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Park lives and works in Seoul.</span></p>
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ASH: Contemporary Korean Art & Ceramics by Park Jihyun & Lee Inchin

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Korean Traditional Nubi Workshop with Artist Kim Haeja

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Mapping Identity: Antiquarian Korean Maps of the MacLean Collection

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